SGEM#309: That’s All Joe Asks of You – Wear a Mask

Essais extraits du podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2020DANMASK-19Infection & AntimicrobialsIn 6024 Danish adults spending more than 3 hours a day outside the home, a surgical mask recommendation did not reduce SARS-CoV-2 infection compared with no mask recommendation.
• 2015A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workersInfection & AntimicrobialsIn1607 healthcare workers in Vietnamese hospitals,cloth masksincreasedrespiratory illness and laboratory-confirmed viral infectionversusmedical masks.
• 2020Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19Infection & AntimicrobialsIn 25 697 exposed contacts of COVID-19, SARS or MERS cases, masks, eye protection and distancing of 1 m or more cut infection risk versus none.
• 2020Diagnosing COVID-19 in the Emergency DepartmentImaging & DiagnosticsInemergency department patients with suspected COVID-19,clinical examination, laboratory tests and imagingwere assessed fordiagnostic accuracyagainstrRT-PCR.